I just Deleted my Whatsapp Account

I just deleted my Whatsapp account. For the next 10 minutes, I was in a world of pain. I, still, am a little disturbed. Disturbed enough to write this.

I never thought that I would get hooked to these social networking websites and apps. When I was in school, a lot of guys were into Orkut but I wasn't. I felt good about myself, not getting carried away like the rest of my friends. I was proud of the fact that I wasn't on Orkut and I used to say that I was doing the right thing because I did not meet the minimum age criteria. But now I'm very much dependent on such websites, particularly Facebook. Can't delete my FB account even if I wanted to. It's almost as important to me as having an Email Id.

About a month ago I started using this new phone, which supported Whatsapp. A friend of mine asked me to install it, to which I was hesitant. I didn't want to get hooked to this application. I used to see other people in college who were online on Whatsapp, and other such applications, 24/7. I did not want to be that guy. So, I decided against it. But, then, my friend convinced me that I would not get addicted to this application. So I went ahead and installed it on my phone.

I wanted to use this application for what it was. Before instant notification came from Facebook, why did anyone use Whatsapp?

1. It connected the user to the people in his / her phone contact list.
2. It connected the user to his / her friends 24/7. The messages were sent and received instantly.

Taking Point #2 into consideration, I wanted to use this application to the fullest, i.e., I decided i would reply any message, any time I would receive it. This was tough to follow. I was being interrupted every now and then. I always had the option to put Whatsapp on vibrate mode, but then if I wanted to ignore messages and reply to messages according to my convenience, I would use FB messenger. Takes out the whole point of using Whatsapp.

Finally, I give up. Can't answer everyone's messages at the same time. Life was much simpler without it. And I want to go back to the same old life. So, WHATSAPP ACCOUNT DELETED!!! People who really want to be in contact with me don't need a software to do that. The good thing is that I won't be spending most of my time staring at my phone.

The mere fact that I feel sooo bad about deleting a software, tells me I'm addicted. It IS an addiction and, hence, is hard to get over, but I'll get through.